Comparisons * Turkey - Public transport in
Bus travel works well enough in Europe but is sort of dull compared to that in Turkey. I shall enlarge on that generalization
Istanbul,Turkey -Today's Zaman, by JOHN LAUGHLAND FETHİYE -22 June 2007: -- Travel in Europe is expensive, in Turkey it is cheap... In Holland, Germany and Turkey, too, travel is efficient. Trains in Europe run on time within 5 percent of their targets with a standard deviation of about 5, quite acceptable I think. In Turkey trains achieve the same target but with standard deviation of 20, just a little less than acceptable. There is no reason to doubt that the statistics for buses are very similar... I very much doubt that you would ever find a 20 kilogram fish lying on the threshold of a bus in Europe, lying so that passengers must step over it to board or depart the bus. I’ll wager that there has never been a calf on the back seat of a Dutch or German bus. How about a Dutch passenger loading his two bags of cement into the boot of the bus and asking if the driver would mind leaving his route by a mile or two so that he might drop off the load at his home?... Try suggesting to a German bus company that they introduce free soft drinks and biscuits for their customers. Oh, and unlimited cologne!... I’ve an idea that might happen in England, but they do it more subtly. Next time British Rail asks you to change trains unexpectedly, cast an eye in the direction of the engine and driver; if you see a huddle and money changing hands, you will know why: You’ve been flogged!...
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